VACAVILLE (BCN) — Vacaville police said a man exposed himself and sexually battered a 13-year-old girl as she walked home from the Vaca Pena Middle School located at 200 Keith Way late this morning.

The girl noticed the male suspect in the area of Christine and Syracuse drives around 11:45 a.m., Sgt. Kim Humbert said.

The man exposed himself and made physical contact with the girl, Humbert said. The girl got away and ran home, and the suspect was last seen walking on Christine Drive toward Elmira Road, Humbert said.

The suspect is described as a white male in his mid 20s, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall with a slender build and a light brown, clean-cut beard and short messy hair.

He was wearing a white fitted T-shirt and light-colored cargo-type shorts, police said.